P. AND T. OFFICERS.

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P. AND T. OFFICERS.

; GOVEBNUUENT'S DECISION 32NDOBSE!3. (?RJ635 iiISOOIjkTION TELEGSIM.) r MARTON, April 13. .The Mar ton Chamber of Commerce lias passed Ji resolution in which i b states that "it views witfif r abhorrence, tho dciciakm of the Post and Telegrapk AsßOciution to' affiliate with an extremo Lttbour asotioia,, whose object is to govern by minority through means of direct aotion; and regretethat thp high ' prestigo the Depai tment has always held should, by tiie. action, of ill-advised y<Kitlhe,b© dwiwn to the bottom rang." The Chamber imagines that if the Government allows 4i public Department to lose this status it will not only, reflect on the Department, btit on the community; therefor© it endorses the Government's intention to refuse recognition of such alliance,' and trusts that the status of th© office will again be restored to the dignified position the Department always has held. THE ASSOCIATIbN'S REPLY, (nutss msocutio* msaiuu.) WELLINGTON, April 14. Interviewed by a Press reporter, the Prime Minister and the Hou. J. G. Coates (Postmaster-General) stated that the Government had not as yet received a reply from the Post and Telegraph Officers' Association in regard to the embargo put upon the Association's affiliation with tine Alliance of Labour. "I don't suppose, we shall get a reply now till after the holidays," added Mr Coates.